LamarButler

No way. That would be really stupid.

I hope they're not even considering this.

There's no need for him. We have the best starting 2-3 in the league in Allen and Pierce, and backing them up you have Posey, who logged major minutes on a championship team, and Tony Allen, when healthy is a solid player. Use that money a roster space on a backup big man, since only Garnett, Davis and Perkins to some point look good.

Anyways, if Patterson is signed, there's more bad that can come out of it than good. He carries a lot of baggage, he's a sex offender, he would complain about playing time, and his style of play doesnt allow him to play off the ball. We already have good defenders at the wing in Posey, Pierce and Tony Allen.

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Current Celtics Roster:

PG- Rajon Rondo, Eddie House, Gabe Pruitt
SG- Ray Allen, Tony Allen, J.R. Giddens
SF- Paul Pierce, Bill Walker
PF- Kevin Garnett, Leon Powe, Brian Scalabrine
C- Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis, Patrick O'Bryant

blh5387

Marcus! I'm finally home, man. I can FINALLY start watching games and provide mediocre commentary. But I'm digressing...

I definitely feel that, while Patterson could provide some good play for us, he does not really fill any voids that this team currently has. As a 6-5 SF who has no 3-point shooting OR freethrow skills, and does not exactly provide much other than a decent low-post presence, where does that put Ruben on our team? In terms of "undersized" post players, I'd rather see Big Baby banging around in the post than Ruben, to be quite honest. I feel as though he would just be an unnecessary addition to a team which would be much better off staying patient in a league where players are readily available over different parts of the season. We're 19-2. Let's enjoy the moment, keep an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality, and wait for more suitable free agents to hit the market, as opposed to pouncing on the first guy out there. Besides, if anything, we need another 4/5 guy. Another PF/C who can hit the boards, get some easy dunks/lay-ins, get to the ft line, and provide a low post presence. Rondo has proven to me that another PG should not be the Celtics priority for picking up a FA this season.

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dropkickmeltinjohns

Celtics need to pick Diop up and spend the full mle and then the vet minimum for Cassell.

Avalanche

If at all possible that would be ideal, im sure we will almost have the pick of whoever we want with the MLE...

Also depends whether we want to keep House

Jacoby_Ellsbury

Diop yes, Cassell no

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Avalanche

Cassel would be a great back up for the minimum

agoo101284

Diop for the MLE? We could probably find some free agent who is just as good for the minimum. I'm not particularly impressed by Diop.

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dropkickmeltinjohns

They can keep House and Posey from this past mle and get Diop with the mle for the 08 offseason. They gotta spend if they wanna be a great team.